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I am making this post today in order to let anyone know to be careful when having open wounds around your dogs, cats too, potentially all animals except dolphins, since dolphins live in salt water where most, if not all bacteria die within 24 hours. Anyways, although dogs/cats do have good intentions when licking your wound, and will probably try to help you deal with the bleeding, do not let them lick any open wounds you may potentially have due to the germ known as Capnocytophaga which is very deadly with a 30% mortality rate, although it does have a low contraction rate, so dont panic too much if your dog happens to lick said open wound.
HOWEVER: Please note that this infection is rare, even if a dog does lick an open wound or bites past the skin, but if either of these things happen, set up a doctors appointment, or better yet just rush to the doctor immediately to seek medical attention and get the proper medication handed to you before going back home. I really dont mean to fear monger or anything but I dont want either you or your partners to suffer just because of an accidental infection that could have been totally avoided. Stay safe everyone!
For those wondering, here are the symptoms (however, never let any of these set in as you have a very short time period to live after these start to come into effect at all, unless were talking about the symptoms that usually come in immediately anyways within an hour of the bite which is #1 or #2 on this list. However if any of these set in, you have been minorly infected and cannot allow it to spread throughout your body further):
- Blisters around the bite wound within hours of the bite
- Redness, swelling, draining pus, or pain at the bite wound
- Fever
- Diarrhea and/or stomach pain
- Vomiting
- Headache and/or confusion
- Finally, Muscle or joint pain
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/capnocytophaga/signs-symptoms/index.html
Edit: Some more interesting facts: around 74% of dogs and 57% of cats and an amount of humans (no percentages provided here) as well carry Capnocytophaga in their mouths, and scientists consider it a normal oral flora (which is what leads me to believe that most, if not all surface life carries it as well). This article actually goes really in depth about it: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dog-lick-bacteria-risks_n_5b64a9e6e4b0b15abaa2ff70
HOWEVER: Please note that this infection is rare, even if a dog does lick an open wound or bites past the skin, but if either of these things happen, set up a doctors appointment, or better yet just rush to the doctor immediately to seek medical attention and get the proper medication handed to you before going back home. I really dont mean to fear monger or anything but I dont want either you or your partners to suffer just because of an accidental infection that could have been totally avoided. Stay safe everyone!
For those wondering, here are the symptoms (however, never let any of these set in as you have a very short time period to live after these start to come into effect at all, unless were talking about the symptoms that usually come in immediately anyways within an hour of the bite which is #1 or #2 on this list. However if any of these set in, you have been minorly infected and cannot allow it to spread throughout your body further):
- Blisters around the bite wound within hours of the bite
- Redness, swelling, draining pus, or pain at the bite wound
- Fever
- Diarrhea and/or stomach pain
- Vomiting
- Headache and/or confusion
- Finally, Muscle or joint pain
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/capnocytophaga/signs-symptoms/index.html
Edit: Some more interesting facts: around 74% of dogs and 57% of cats and an amount of humans (no percentages provided here) as well carry Capnocytophaga in their mouths, and scientists consider it a normal oral flora (which is what leads me to believe that most, if not all surface life carries it as well). This article actually goes really in depth about it: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dog-lick-bacteria-risks_n_5b64a9e6e4b0b15abaa2ff70
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